Well. Let me just start off by talking a bit about Johnny "Rotten." I developed a little bit of a interest in him as a person as i'd heard so much about him. I still am slightly intrigued by him though it's only because of one thing he said and that was " we tell the truth, and thats something that people don't do." I don't know whether this is entirely true but there is a certain amount of truth as in he doesn't bullshit people by talking around his point, but at the same time the "truth" he speaks of is purely his own opinion.. Apart from this I found him to be a pretty vile, desperate individual who cannot bear to see himself be forgotten in the public's eyes so he continues to do controversial and ridiculous things, one such incident which involved become a certain special ambassador, to a certain special butter company...
Anyway The Sex Pistols! THE punk band. You know, the one with the guy who killed his girlfriend but doesn't remember doing it and then killed himself? It's in the book so I thought I may as well listen. What I found was something pretty pleasing. It was an amusing album and unlike anything I've ever heard. It sounded like a demo, it clearly wasn't polished completely and Rotten hisses and spits over the mike in quite a comical fashion.
The album is not a complex one, but then again punk isn't a complex genre of music. It starts out fairly well with "Holidays In The Sun" "Liar" and "No feelings" which embody the message of punk clearly through the lyrics, but it doesn't truely get gouing until the middle of the album, where the big numbers come out. "God Save The Queen" "Anarchy In The UK" and "Pretty Vacant" all smash the the rest of the album into pieces except for the very taboo and slightly farcical "Bodies" written about abortion. I thought it was probably the best song on the album with Rotten shouting in the middle "Fuck this and fuck that. Fuck it all and fuck that little brat" pretty deep, sensitive lyrics there from the man himself.
Overall I felt that although it was a stripped down, basic album, it really did give a strong representation of what punk was like at the time. They didn't care about anything and the record really gives this feeling, from the subject matter, to the demo like recording of the songs. An essential punk record.
It's a shame how their front man has disgraced the name and legend of The Sex Pistols and punk as a whole. Oh well at least he wasn't on I'm A Celebrity..
NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS: HERE'S THE SEX PISTOLS
SCORE = 8.3/10
Track Scores
1.Holidays In The Sun = 3/4
2.Liar = 3/4
3.No Feelings = 3/4
4.God Save The Queen = 1
5.Seventeen = 3/4
6.Anarchy In The UK = 1
7.Bodies = 1
8.Pretty Vacant = 1
9.New York = 3/4
10.Problems = 3/4
11.E.M.I = 1
12.Submission = 1/2
1= 8.33
No comments:
Post a Comment